Where does “alat” come from?

alat (Cebuano) comes from Tagalog alat, from Proto-Philippine *aDat.

alat (Cebuano): police officer

Definitions

  1. police officer

Ancestry of “alat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogalatsalty
2Proto-Philippine*aDat—
Every word from Proto-Philippine *aDat →Every word from Tagalog alat →